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' W. J. TEMPLE. HORSESHOE UALK SHARPENER.

.No. 548,896. Patented 001;. 29, 1895.-

WITNEE5EE: |N\/.EI\ITEIRI UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM J. TEMPLE,'OF HAMPDEN, MAINE, ASSIGNOR OF THREE-FOUR'IHS TOHORACE PIOKARD AND GEORGE SWEETSER, OF SAME PLACE.

HORSESHOE=CALK SHARPENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent No. 5%8,896, dated October29, 1895.

Application filed January 6, 1394:. Seilal No. 496,010- (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. TEMPLE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Hampden, in the county of Penobscot and State of Maine, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Horseshoe-Call:Sharpeners; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the in: vention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. 7

My invention consists of a horseshoe-calk sharpener, and is fullyillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is anisometric view of the whole device. Fig. 2 isa side elevation ofgrindingwheel.

Similar letters refer to corresponding parts in both-the figures.

I provide a base A, in which is perpendicularly swiveled an uprightstandard B. At or near the top of the standard B is arbored a largegear-Wheel O, meshing with a pinion D upon a shaft E, turninghorizontally in a bearing M in said standard and at right anglestherewith. The shaft E is furnished with a flexible section 6, is madeof any convenient length, and carries at its outward end a grinding-wheel F, preferably of emery and of about three inches in diameter,and having an inwardly-beveled rim, as shown in Fig. 2.

At N is a set-screw, by which the standard B is locked at any point ofits revolution, and at H is a projecting rest to prevent too much droopto the flexible shaft E, while G is a handle movable longitudinally uponsaid shaft and havinga bore of sufficient diameter to permit the freerevolution of the shaft within it.

The rest H is ring-shaped and surrounds the shaft E near the outerportion of the flexible section and serves as a support for the shaft,from which it cannot become disengaged, while still permitting all thenecessary freedom of movement for the tool at the free end of the shaft.

In operation the horses foot is raised, as in shoeing, and the largegear 0' being turned operates the pinion D and turns the shaft E andgrinding-wheel F, and the shaft E being held by the hand of the operatorby the handle G it is evident that the beveled edge of thegrinding-wheel may be applied to the calk from either side to grind itto a point, both lateral and perpendicular motion being permitted by theflexible section e of the shaft E.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

A horse-shoe calk sharpener consisting of the combination of a standardswiveled in a base; a gear wheel arbored in said standard meshing with apinion carrying a shaft having a flexible section; a hollow cylindricalhandle upon said shaft formed to permit the revolution of said shaftwithin said handle; and a ring-shaped rest attached to the standard andsurrounding the shaft and adapted to permit a vertical or lateralmovement of the shaft relatively thereto, and a grinding-- wheelattached to the outer end of said projection and turning with saidshaft.

EDWARD W. REYNOLDS, C. H. Dousn.

